Parents of entering freshmen were queried by questionnaire regarding areas in which they gave their children experience in self regulation prior to college and their expectations about controls the college would exercise. (Author)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).

Stressing the need to re-examine one's initial teacher training, the article analyzes five ways a teacher can realize continuous self-directed professional development: taking charge of one's own development; learning from real-life experience; sharing in educational intervention; participating in educational research; and taking advantage of…

This well known writer credits the free, un-castebound structure of education in the United States for allowing him to achieve his full intellectual potential, but warns that increasing social inequities threaten the society's fundamental virtues. (GC)

A case study of peasant women, based on oral accounts of 40 married Italian Piedmontese peasants who lived during the Industrial Revolution, examines their relationships in everyday life and in society. The impact of puberty, marriage, and childbirth on relationships among women is discussed. (AM)

Proposes that many works of art can be viewed as the products of a group and not just the individual artist. Examines the life history of a group of impressionist painters. Discusses how a group develops over time, group processes, and how the group contributes to artistic development. (RC)

Outlines a plan for multiple talent teaching that allows educators to use the initiative of individuals, make learning relevant, foster skill development, and use and enhance their own abilities. (SK)

Describes a research effort to determine the effect of personal growth and development activities on secondary students' attitudes towards social issues while participating in an environmental studies program. Scores of one experimental group on the inventory of social issues posttest were significantly higher than those for the control group.…

Draws on recent research on adult development for a conceptual base in examining personal and professional developmental potentials, tasks, and conflicts for college faculty in five categories: Age 30 Transition, Dual Career Couple, Midlife, Late-Entry, and Senior Retiring faculty. Three charts and an 80-item reference list are included. (JL)

Reviews elements of Maslow's work and shows how Fromm's distinction between a having and a being mode of experience corresponds with the work of Maslow. Suggests counselors must clarify professional values and concludes that transpersonal psychology offers a way of establishing more positive relationships. (JAC)

The author advocates a broad social framework from which to generate educational policies and processes. Elements of the framework he delineates include environmental, technological, and societal change, population growth, individual fulfillment, and the role and function of education. (SK)

Examined the relationship between anxiety and self-actualization in a sample of college students. Items (N=33) from the Personal Orientation Inventory were found to measure anxiety and scored negatively for self-actualization. Removal of anxiety items and rescoring yielded self-actualization measures related postively to anxiety test scores.…